^{Jamila (jammy) McIntosh
     New York-based}
I make films, photographs, and objects that pay attention to everyday life.

My practice draws from observational cinema and participant observation. Through filmmaking, photography, and making by hand, I explore how people create meaning through ritual, performance, family histories, clothing, food, travel, and the ordinary objects they keep.


Somewhere between filmmaker, actor, photographer, and maker, I move between observing and participating. My work asks how identities are performed, how memories become stories, and how relationships evolve over time.


Unfolding through processing over years. I often return to the same people, places, and questions, treating making as a long-term practice of being rather than documentation.


The arts I make emerge from this same practice.

I collaborate with artists, friends, brands and publications looking for thoughtful visual storytelling rooted in observation.